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Apps Jerry <1934-> |
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Titolo |
In a pickle : a family farm story / / Jerry Apps |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Madison, Wis., : Terrace Books, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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9786612270413 |
1-282-27041-9 |
0-299-22303-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Family farms - Wisconsin - Waushara County |
Farm life - Wisconsin - Waushara County |
Pickle industry - Wisconsin |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Pickle Patch -- 2 Birthday Party -- 3 Pickle Factory -- 4 First Cukes -- 5 Grist Mill -- 6 Pickle Factory Crew -- 7 Isaac and Jake -- 8 Migrant Pickers -- 9 Unloading -- 10 Long Days -- 11 Pickle Days -- 12 Cucumbers Keep Coming -- 13 School Closing -- 14 Salt Bin -- 15 George Roberts -- 16 Ames County Fair -- 17 Disaster -- 18 Love among the Pickle Vats -- 19 Missing Workers -- 20 Breaking News -- 21 Auction -- 22 Jake Stewart -- 23 Closing Down -- 24 What Next? -- 25 The Family Farm -- 26 Decision Time -- 27 Another Mystery -- 28 Remembering Jake -- 29 Funeral -- 30 H. H. Harlow -- 31 Mystery Solved -- 32 Barn Dance -- Author's Note. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The year is 1955. The H. H. Harlow Pickle Company has appeared in the small town of Link Lake, using heavy-handed tactics to force family farmers to either farm the Harlow way or lose their biggest customer--and, possibly, their land. |
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